Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itselft.

Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.